I'm here, baby. Momma's here!)Elise struggled against her bondage, her muscles tight, but she couldn't move."Doctor!" It was a different voice, a cold... commanding, male voice."Yes, Master," the woman replied.(She called him Master. Who could be master of that devil woman? Oh, God, what's happening?)"Have you identified the ones we've sold?" the male said.(Sold? Someone's been sold? No. I didn't hear that. Not slavers! Not in this day and age! Not in California! I can't be living this. It's a. )Kenshin: What--Kaoru: Kenshin!(Kenshin leaps out of the way of the oncoming blow.)Kenshin (thinking): He's fast! Much faster than before--(Enishi's sword appears in front of his throat. Kenshin only managed to put his sword up to block; the edge of Enishi's sword cuts into the hilt.)Kenshin (thinking): How could he have gotten faster?Yahiko: Kenshin!Megumi: It has to be. They're not veins--they're nerves!Sanosuke: Nerves? Nerves can't be that thick!Megumi: They're not usually... but that's all. No he still was my best friend but I hated him at the same time. I still didn't have a clue to what had happened. One day Sylvia was all smiles, hugs, kisses and happiness, the next she broke up with me and only a month after that she started to date Paul, my best friend, and six months later I was invited to their wedding. As best-man!I had done very well while my fortunate friend still was a worker I had my own business, my own house and a big cabin by a lake where I spent most of my time. It didn't seem to move or anything; itwas just a frigging door. That was really odd. I sat there like an idiotfor two minutes, waiting for the picture to change. It never did. I wasabout to snap it off when I looked off to the side of my living room.There was a door there where there hadn't been one before! What the hell?I knew that the wall that the door was on just had a hallway behind it.That door couldn't possibly GO anywhere. But there it was. I went over toexamine it more closely. .